Sentence examples for * materialistic in from inspiring English sources

His ethics, however, was not materialistic in the pejorative sense of the word.

"I think people are becoming a little less materialistic in America now," he said.

Rastafarianism rejects Babylon, an idea that western civilisation is corrupt and materialistic in contrast to a spiritual Zion.

He is not materialistic in the least, but surprisingly, he loves a gift that comes with a good story.

For regular everyday Buddhists, who take up the vast majority of the Buddhist population, such a goal is not a priority; and while it is not beneficial to be materialistic in Buddhism, it is certainly okay.

The characters in "Essex" enact normal lives, if wildly shallow and materialistic ones, in such an obviously artificial way that you find yourself not giving a moment's thought to what's real and what isn't.

The Imitation of Christ in part I gives "exhortations useful for spiritual living," in part II admonishes man to be concerned with the spiritual side of life rather than with the materialistic, and in part III affirms the comfort that results from being centred in Christ.

The end is a materialistic shell in which only cynicism, opportunism, personal profit can exist.

Now she has to repay that icon of materialistic Germany in ruinous monthly instalments.

I was less interested in that kind of cache (and a meager cache it was — my grandparents didn't lack for much, but they made monks look materialistic) than in these random talismans.

While the temptation to earn more money while seeing fewer patients may be understandable, couching one's materialistic needs in idealistic rhetoric about wanting to provide quality, personalized care is transparent.